Infectious Diseases

The first two MERS related deaths have been reported by South Korea, according to Reuters. Officials are considering prohibiting overseas travel in order to contain the outbreak, particularly following the spread of the disease to China after a South Korean man decided against his quarantine to travel to...

Emergency Medicine

According to several recent studies in Europe, antibiotics can be used to treat appendicitis instead of appendix removal surgery, reports The New York Times. Of the 1,000 participants, 70% of those who took antibiotics needed no further surgery or treatment. Where antibiotics were not effective, subsequent...

Drug Innovation

According to an article published by Reuters, a new drug developed by Sage Therapeutics, Inc to treat patients with super-refractory status epileptics (SRSE) is ready to enter the next phase in clinical study and trials. Current data reveals that the drug provoked a seventy-seven percent response rate from...